{"id":122864,"date":"2025-10-23T20:33:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T00:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philachaptersah.org\/?p=122864"},"modified":"2025-10-23T20:33:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T00:33:58","slug":"joseph-brintons-celebrated-serpentine-stone-how-a-chester-county-stone-became-a-multi-regional-gilded-age-fad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philachaptersah.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/joseph-brintons-celebrated-serpentine-stone-how-a-chester-county-stone-became-a-multi-regional-gilded-age-fad\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Brinton’s ‘Celebrated’ Serpentine Stone: How A Chester County Stone Became a Multi-Regional Gilded Age Fad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Anne E. Krulikowski, PhD
\nTuesday, November 4 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom
\nFree and open to all.
\nPlease email info@philachaptersah.org to receive the Zoom link.<\/p>\n

Join us as Anne Krulikowski explores the craze for green building stone that spanned America\u2019s Gilded Age, when the Brinton quarry south of West Chester became the most famous and longest operated serpentine quarry of the era.<\/p>\n

After a brief look at the folklore and history of serpentine around the world, we will focus on Quaker Joseph Brinton\u2019s determination to build a successful business despite numerous obstacles. Hundreds of dwellings, churches, schools, and institutions were faced with Brinton\u2019s serpentine. The green stone became such a recognizable feature in the urban landscape of many cities that green stone buildings featured in short stories, novels, and travel accounts as markers of prosperity and wealth.<\/p>\n

Anne is a professor of American\/Public History at West Chester University. She is a specialist in material culture, beginning with a graduate school research project in the late 1990s through her recent article in the Victorian Society\u2019s publication, 19th Century, Krulikowski has been tracing the story of Brinton\u2019s stone through 18 states and Washington, D.C. A previous article focused on the use of Brinton\u2019s stone in Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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